Waltham High School student shot

A Waltham High School student was shot around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at the Gardencrest Apartment complex at 35 Middlesex Circle.

By Eli Sherman and Paul Crocettiwaltham@wickedlocal.com

A Waltham High School student was shot around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night at the Gardencrest Apartment complex at 35 Middlesex Circle, the second shooting in the area in about four months.

The victim appeared to have been shot in the parking lot, and suffered life-threatening injuries. The School Department confirmed that the victim is a high school student, but could not give the victim's grade.

A few residents at the complex said they didn’t hear shots fired Thursday night.

George Moore, who lives in the building near where cops were focusing their investigation Thursday night, said he came out at 11 p.m. for a cigarette break and saw police. He asked the police officer what was going on and the cop told him “Someone’s hurt. And hurt bad.”

Moore didn’t hear gunshots and he said he can hear a car drive by from inside the building. Mostly families live in the neighborhood, he said.

“I feel safe but my wife doesn’t,” Moore said, when asked about the second shooting in that general area since November.

Police on Friday morning referred comment to the Middlesex DA's Office, which had taken over the investigation. No criminal complaints had been filed at Waltham District Court relating to the shooting as of 9:30 a.m., according to the clerk’s office.

At about 1 a.m., police did not comment on whether there is an imminent threat to the area.

In November, a 20-year-old man was shot at 117 Middlesex Road, near the scene of Thursday night's shooting. The man lived, but suffered two gunshot wounds. Kayla Spangenberg, of Brighton, has been charged in connection with the shooting.

The victim told police that someone shot him from a silver Toyota Camry less than a minute after he agreed to see Spangenberg via Facebook, according to police. The victim also told police he saw Spangenberg sitting in the passenger seat of the car with a male driver and a male passenger.

After midnight Friday, several cruisers and some unmarked vehicles were still at the scene of the Middlesex Circle shooting. About 10 officers were in sight looking around the area.

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